Get Your PAP Test

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Women reminded to get a Pap during Pap Awareness Month in BC The BC Cancer Agency is reminding women 21-69 to get a Pap test every two years to prevent or detect cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the easiest cancers to prevent by identifying and curing it in the early stages. According to the latest BC statistics there are 1,534,461 women in the province between the ages of 21-69 – but only 66 per cent of women are getting a regular Pap test.

A Pap test can detect precancerous cells, which, if treated early, can stop the cancer from developing. It can also identify cancer at an early stage, when there are more treatment options available and cure rates are over 80 per cent.1

• Visit the Pap tests are free for women in BC and only take a few minutes to complete. Physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, midwives and naturopathic physicians can all perform Pap tests.

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